The Inverse Response Law: Theory and Relevance to the Aftermath of Disasters

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The Inverse Response Law: Theory and Relevance to the Aftermath of Disasters

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The Inverse Care Law is principally concerned with the effect of market forces on health care which create inequities in access to health services through privileging individuals who possess the forms of social capital that are valued within health care settings. The fields of disaster risk reduction need to consider the ways in which inequities, driven by economic and social policy as well as institutional decision-making, create vulnerabilities prior to a disaster, which are then magnified ...

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2018-05-01

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Suzanne Phibbs / Christine Kenney / Graciela Rivera-Munoz / Thomas J. Huggins / Christina Severinsen / Bruce Curtis

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/5/916

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inverse care law / inverse response law / disaster risk reduction / social inequalities / Medicine

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